'50s progression

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'50s progression (plural '50s progressions)

  1. (music) A chord progression, l–vi–IV–V, used in Western popular music, particularly common in the 1950s and early 1960s.
    Synonyms: ice cream changes, doo-wop progression
    '50s progression in the key of C (C-Am-F-G):
    {\set Staff.midiInstrument=#"drawbar organ"<c''e''g''>1<a'c''e''><f'a'c''><g'b'd''>}

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